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Inhibitory effect of oxygen accumulation on the growth of Spirulina platensis

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The growth of Spirulina platensis was studied in a light-limited culture under various dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations. At high DO concentration, e.g. at 1.25 mM DO, the growth rate was decreased up to 36 % compared with that of 0.063 mM DO. The retarded growth rate at high DO concentrations seemed to be coupled with the degeneration of photosynthetic activity in terms of O2 evolution. Under higher DO concentrations, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase activities tended to increase, while the contents of photosynthetic pigment, such phycocyanin, carotenoid and chlorophyll-a decreased distinctly.

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  1. Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 724, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

    Facundo J. Marquez, Naomichi Nishio & Shiro Nagai

  2. Hiroshima-Denki Institute of Technology, Nakano, Aki-ku, 739-03, Hiroshima, Japan

    Ken Sasaki

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Marquez, F.J., Sasaki, K., Nishio, N. et al. Inhibitory effect of oxygen accumulation on the growth of Spirulina platensis . Biotechnol Lett 17, 225–228 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127993

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